Danny Akin is feeling the heat for hiring Karen Swallow Prior, a gay-affirming self-avowed feminist who believes that calling abortion murder is “unchristlike.” Defending himself during a Q&A at FBC Henderson – which by necessity required defending Karen Swallow Prior’s atrocious words, Akin called Prior’s critics “liars.” Quoted by the sunshine-pumping public relations department at … Read more
[National File] Two drunk men on a flight from Labrador to Newfoundland last Monday caused an outrage, leading to their sacking, after it emerged that one of them said “Eskimo,” which is now a politically incorrect term. The two men, Dave Beck and Thomas Scott are both from St. John’s, Newfoundland, worked primarily as plasterers … Read more
What does it mean to have a “prophetic voice” in our culture? The word seems to have been an in-word for the last several years, but I don’t know that it’s ever received proper treatment. I aspire to do so now. I thought SBC Voices was shut down. The last several times I’ve gone to … Read more
Let me offer words of encouragement for the loved ones of those who have denied Christ. There is hope. There is comfort. There can be peace. WHAT IS APOSTASY? Apostasy is the denying, or falling away, of believers. And it certainly seems to be getting more common. The evangelical world is reeling in recent weeks … Read more
Southern Baptist leaders who are proponents of the leftist-oriented Social Justice Movement are absolutely irate at a 3.5-minute trailer for a new documentary citing their own words. Their behavior in social media after release of the trailer by Founders Ministries is best described as something halfway between sheer panic and an unbridled hissy fit. The … Read more
In what might be the most absurd example of political correctness – and one you might also expect from the ultra-leftist community – the city of Berkeley, California, has outlawed the use of the term ‘manhole’ and other gender-exclusive words. Orwell would call it, ‘New-Speak.’ A violation of it would be called a ‘Thought-Crime.’ The … Read more
The focus on suicide prevention continues to erode. In Ozy — which bills itself as being about “fresh stories and bold ideas” — self-described “reporter” Molly Fosco applauds that suicidal depression is increasingly being looked upon as a “terminal illness,” and hence, opines that we should view the suicides of the deeply depressed as a normal part of dealing with … Read more
Editor’s note. This is a page one story that appears in the digital May edition of National Right to Life News. Please be sure to share this 41-page edition far and wide. We count on you to “get the word out.” Democrats have their sights set on the 2020 elections, where they hope to unseat pro-life … Read more
Is Microsoft trying to rehabilitate the image of Clippy? Sure, the hypercaffeinated anthropomorphic paperclip designed to “assist” you in your writing may have been the worst addition to Microsoft Office ever. “Hi! It looks like you’re writing a breakup letter! Can I help you with some reasons why your significant other might not be the … Read more
Newspeak was the language of Oceania in Orwell’s dystopian fiction work, 1984. The ruling party created the language so that it could control it, for Big Brother believed that if grammar and vocabulary could be controlled, thoughts could be controlled. By ripping away words and crafting new ones, the power structure could effectively control people’s … Read more
It seems in the online world of dictionaries, the lexicographers are not only politically correct; they’re “woke.” For example, the Oxford Dictionary of English studies the use of words across the worldwide web and selects an official “word of the year.” Last year, the lexicographers for the Oxford English Dictionary determined the word of the … Read more
Several months ago, I received correspondence from a publication called ‘Word and Way.‘ which reports on Missouri Southern Baptist news. I read it growing up, back when it was the de facto news publication of the Missouri Baptist Convention in my then native state. Brian Kaylor, the current editor and president of the publication reached … Read more
[Sandro Magister | Lifesite News] It is a fact, not an opinion. The words “adultery” and “homosexuality” have both disappeared from the Magisterium of the Church, the highest, that which reports to the Roman pontiff. About the first word this was already known. It disappeared completely just when it would have been most natural to … Read more
[Reformation Charlotte] The well-known lady preacher and popular bible-study author, Beth Moore, makes an astonishing declaration–that spending time in God’s Word is not the same thing as spending time with God. I say “astonishing” acerbically, chiefly because Beth Moore, who spends most of her free time admonishing innocent men to get on their knees to … Read more
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. – John 1:1 Jesus is the Word – or logos – of God. While John the Disciple called Jesus the Word as a part of his refutation of the Gnostics and their concept of the logos, there is a sense in which … Read more
